Prof. Dr. Stefan Sauer

Member - Research Associate - Senior Researcher

Manager - Research Associate - Managing Director, R&D Manager Software Engineering

Phone:

+49 5251 60-6820

Fax:

+49 5251 60-6819

E-mail:

Office:

ZM2.A.03.74

Office hours:

on appointment

Web:

Visitor:

Zukunftsmeile 2
33102 Paderborn

Research Interests

Research Topics

Software processes and development methods, situational methods, standards such as RUP, V Model XT, CMMI
Software and system modeling, model-based and model-driven software development
Modeling languages for software and systems engineering, e.g. UML, SysML, BPMN etc.; design of domain-specific languages (DSL)
Method engineering, systematic development of situational model-based software engineering methods, method architecture, use of metamodeling and software process modeling, standards such as OMG SPEM, ISO 24744
Human-centered software engineering, development methods for interactive and multimedia systems, integration of software engineering and human-computer interaction (HCI)
Requirements engineering, requirements specification, requirements management, functional and non-functional (quality) requirements
Software modernization, software-lifecycle management, combination of reverse- and roundtrip engineering methods, modeling, and testing
Continuous software quality management, software testing and quality assurance, constructive and analytical methods for software quality, quality gates

Miscellaneous
Since 06/2016	Managing Director & R&D Manager, SICP - Software Innovation Campus Paderborn, Paderborn University Managing Director of Software Innovation Lab (SI-Lab) Center of Competence Manager for Software Engineering Center of Competence Manager for Digital Business Innovation
07/2005 - 12/2017	Managing Director & Senior Researcher of s-lab - Software Quality Lab, Paderborn University Geschäftsführer & Senior Researcher s-lab - Software Quality Lab wissenschaftliche Einrichtung der Fakultät für Elektrotechnik, Informatik und Mathematik (EIM)
01/2011	Doctoral Degree in Computer Science (Dr. rer. nat.), Paderborn University Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematics Title of Thesis: Systematic Development of Model-based Software Engineering Methods
10/1997 - 06/2005	Research Associate in the Database and Information Systems Group, Paderborn University Fakultät für Elektrotechnik, Informatik und Mathematik (EIM) Institut für Informatik (EIM-I) Fachbereich 17 Mathematik/Informatik
10/1990 - 09/1997	Student of Informatics, University of Oldenburg Degree: Diplom-Informatiker Topic of Thesis: Event Processing in Active Mobile Database Systems Using Broadcasting Mechanisms
08/1994 - 08/1995	Visiting Scholar, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Computer Science Department, Center for Neural Engineering and Brain Simulation Laboratory (Dr. Michael A. Arbib)

Since 06/2016	Managing Director & R&D Manager, SICP - Software Innovation Campus Paderborn, Paderborn University Managing Director of Software Innovation Lab (SI-Lab) Center of Competence Manager for Software Engineering Center of Competence Manager for Digital Business Innovation
07/2005 - 12/2017	Managing Director & Senior Researcher of s-lab - Software Quality Lab, Paderborn University Geschäftsführer & Senior Researcher s-lab - Software Quality Lab wissenschaftliche Einrichtung der Fakultät für Elektrotechnik, Informatik und Mathematik (EIM)
01/2011	Doctoral Degree in Computer Science (Dr. rer. nat.), Paderborn University Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematics Title of Thesis: Systematic Development of Model-based Software Engineering Methods
10/1997 - 06/2005	Research Associate in the Database and Information Systems Group, Paderborn University Fakultät für Elektrotechnik, Informatik und Mathematik (EIM) Institut für Informatik (EIM-I) Fachbereich 17 Mathematik/Informatik
10/1990 - 09/1997	Student of Informatics, University of Oldenburg Degree: Diplom-Informatiker Topic of Thesis: Event Processing in Active Mobile Database Systems Using Broadcasting Mechanisms
08/1994 - 08/1995	Visiting Scholar, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Computer Science Department, Center for Neural Engineering and Brain Simulation Laboratory (Dr. Michael A. Arbib)